01 Jul

Posted at 08:00h in Apraxia, Article, Occupational Therapy
Did you know that damage to a person’s left hemisphere can change how they make coffee? Damage to the left hemisphere can cause a person to forget how to use a coffee machine, or even pick up a coffee cup. This cognitive problem is called apraxia. Apraxia is a cognitive disorder that interferes with the performance of everyday actions. People that have had a stroke, brain injury, or that develop dementia may develop apraxia which will impair naturalistic actions. Naturalistic actions are behaviors that require the use of an object to be accomplished (i.e. using a comb to brush one’s hair). Studies examining whether executive function or semantic knowledge plays a larger role in apraxia have been completed with different patient populations showing contrasting results6.

15 Jun

Posted at 08:00h in Article, Digital Tools, TBI
While smartphones get a bad reputation from being disruptive in many situations, smartphones can prove to be useful assistive devices for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Here is a list of the 5 key features of smartphones and how these features can help your client living with TBI.

27 Sep

Posted at 10:00h in Article, Medical Conditions
Epilepsy: What is it? Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects 3 million adults, with 1.8 million still having seizures despite intervention. Interventions for epilepsy include pharmaceutical treatment, neurosurgery, ketogenic diets, implants and stimulation therapies. Epilepsy causes abnormal electrical activity in the brain causing seizures. There are many kinds of seizures, each with its own specific set of symptoms. Having epilepsy can be a debilitating condition, as having seizures can not only cause cognitive and physical damage, but emotional distress and embarrassment. Having epilepsy can take away someone's ability to live independently, depending on how well a person's seizures are controlled.......